Originally Posted by PR_Tom

If there was any argument to be made that mcdonalds is partially responsible, it's this myth that fast food is less expensive. It's simply not. They perpetuate the myth without actually stating it of course. I even saw a chicken place pose the "question" of "Now where can you get all this for only 5 dolla's?". At a grocery store is the answer of course, but they dont want the question answered... only posed and left hanging..

The other key to making it yourself of course is that it requires some physical effort. Shopping. Chopping an onion, moving around the kitchen etc. Those are calories burned doing it yourself. And if you grow the onions, even better since you burn a lot more calories tending it than you'll ever gain by eating it.

I guarantee you that you can buy more food at any grocery store than the same "food" at any fast food place.